If you are searching for Auto Deployment of Website from a Git Repository. You’ve come to the right place. In this article, we are going to discuss how can you deploy your website from a Git Repository like GitHub or Bitbucket.
Note: I am using Hostinger hosting on this example and a GitHub account.
I. Create a Github or a Bitbucket Account
First of all, you need to create a repository account, you can create from either Github or BitBucket account. Once done, open your repository and take note of your repository URL. Here is a sample GitHub repository URL. See the image below.
Note: We are going to use SSH for this example.
An SSH key is an alternate way to identify yourself that doesn’t require you to enter you username and password every time
II. Setup Git on your Shared Hosting » Hostinger.com
Now, open your hosting dashboard which in my case it’s called Hostinger HPanel. Scroll down to the advanced section and open Git. See the image below.
Configure Git by filing the details needed. Input the URL of your repository and indicate the Git branch that you want to deploy on this website. Then click on the Create button.
You will see the created repository on the Tab shown below.
After that click the Auto Deployment button, You will be prompted with this option.
Take note of the Webhook URL. We will use the webhook to automate the deployment of the changes made on the GitHub Repository.
What is WebHooks?
Webhooks provide a way for notifications to be delivered to an external web server whenever certain actions occur on a repository or organization.
III. Register Hostinger SSH Key on Github
Since we are using an SSH URL from the GitHub repository, we need to register the SSH Key of our shared hosting to be able to access the repository.
- Going back to the Hostinger HPanel, you will see this option. This is the SSH key that we need to register on our repository account.
2. Navigate to your GitHub settings.
3. Select SSH and GPG keys and add New SSH Key.
4. Paste the SSH key that you copied from your Hosting account and Assign a title.
IV. Setup GitHub Webhook
Now, let’s set up the WebHook on GitHub. If you remember you copied the webhook URL from Hostinger HPanel navigate back to your GitHub Repository then go to the Repository settings then choose the WebHook tab.
Webhook settings:
- Paylod URL » Webhook URL from Hostinger Hpanel
- Content type » Content format
- Events » Triger of the webhook. In this case I choose Just the Push event. Every time I push a changes on this repository this will also push or apply the changes on Hostinger.
That’s all folks. Deployment Automation is now complete.
Summary
In this article, we have learned how Auto Deployment Of Website from a Git Repository. And that Automating the deployment on shared hosting is easy. And can be done without a deep knowledge of the technical aspect. Hopefully, this article will help you automate your own website deployment on your current project.
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